Gazi Gumushtegin

Gazi Gumushtegin (1070-1134) was the Melik of the Danishmends from 1104 to 1134, succeeding Danishmend Ghazi and preceding Melik Mehmed Gazi.

Biography
Gazi Gumushtegin was born in 1070, a son of Danishmend Ghazi. When his father died in 1104, Gumushtegin succeeded him as the melik (ruler) of the Danishmends of Anatolia, and he allied with Leo I of Armenia against the crusaders in 1130. Bohemond II of Antioch was slain in the ensuing battle, and Gazi sent his embalmed head to Baghdad as a gift to the caliph. The Byzantine Empire intervened against the Danishmends during their invasion of the Principality of Antioch, and in 1131 Joscelin I of Edessa defeated his attempt to take Kaysun. He died in 1134, and the Danishmends declined due to pressure from the Byzantines and the Sultanate of Rum.